To Kingston Lacy to see the snowdrops (v impressive), so a return visit here on the way home - nearly 21 years after our last visit, on the same day as Widget! I think in 867 visits that's the only time anyone's logged the same one on the same day. Very grey and bitingly cold today but good far ranging views (including Kingston Lacy roof) and a cracking hill fort. NE(ish) and SE(ish) s/holes open, metal cap, shallow letters, excellent condition.

Stopped on the spur of the moment as we were driving past on the way home - took a little while to locate as we had not got the OS map with us and initially headed for the highest point where the toposcope is located.Worth braving the bitter winds for the fabulous views!

Parking in the NT carpark (free) then nice stroll over, pillar located on the north east bank and is in good condition, very interesting area and some good views, topography in the centre too but surrounded in trees

Large car park 1/4mile to the W. Pillar is on inner ring of this Iron Age hill fort, but 190m NE from its centre where a toposcope has been installed. Original cap in place, lightly indented lettering; rear and LHD side sight holes open. Extensive Dorset views NW, N & E; other directions obscured by hill fort trees.

The pillar stands on the northern inner rampart of an Iron Age hill fort to the north west of Wimborne Minster. Its base was standing in a one inch deep puddle. It has a metal cap with shallow lettering and FB S2567. There is direct access from the car park to the west of the site. The trig has an impressive view to the north up the gently undulating downland of the interior of Cranborne Chase. Dorset Downs can be seen to the west and Blandford Forum in the north west. Woodlands can be seen to the east with a cliff edge visible in the distance to the south east. From the opposite side of the fort there is a good view to the south including the tower and woods of Charborough Park and the tops of the Purbeck Hills.

A bitingly cold day up here with a lacerating east wind; the sun was shining, but absolutely no warmth in it. Did I mind? How could I with this superb site all to myself and accompanied by one hovering kestrel and two circling buzzards? And now for Spetisbury Rings....

Early morning visit in the drizzle. I was actually doing the Badbury Rings multi-cache when I unexpectedly came across this trig pillar. Not expecting a trig Iíd left the camera in the car so it didnít get wet, so regrettably no pictures - PhilPamandRob

Pillar is in good condition with a very clean almost polished flush bracket.Trig Point stands on N.E. side of inner ring. Views are good to the north west towards the former Tarrant Rushton airfield(an important glider base for D-Day missions and later used for early work with in flight refuelling.

Let's go down that lovely beech avenue towards Wimborne. Oh fancy, there's a trig. point over there at the hill fort.
Oh Dad !
Still, the whole Ganso family strolled through the rings to reach the TP and agreed that it had been worth the walk, especially as it had stopped raining. We will revisit it for the views another day !

I'm writing this in Aug 2018 having just dug out some old maps and found notes on a few trigs I did 20+ years ago before I even realised this site existed! No notes other than time and date, but it looks like I might have bumped into Helen Baker (Trigpoint100). I also visited KIngston Lacy on that Bank Holiday Monday!